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Deflating security: Biden sells federal helium reserve, threatens us industries… National security on the line as critical element supply diminishes. In a surprising turn of events, the U.S. government has auctioned off the Federal Helium Reserve, a subterranean treasure in Amarillo, Texas, responsible for supplying up to 30% of the nation’s helium needs. This critical element is indispensable in medical technologies, cryogenics, semiconductors, and even rocket propulsion systems.

IDF forces together with police officers on Sunday. prevented demonstrators from blocking the Kerem Shalom Crossing and preventing the entry of aid trucks into the Gaza Strip Demonstrators, including families of hostages, gathered at the Kerem Shalom Crossing after they blocked it last week, preventing the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. When soldiers and officers blocked the protesters, the latter attempted to get around the roadblocks to reach the crossing. While the demonstrators were being held off by the officers, several aid trucks managed to enter the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators eventually reached the crossing and blocked...

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Monday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis chose “the worst possible tack” when responding to a subpoena in her alleged lover’s divorce case. Willis sought to have the subpoena declared invalid in a Thursday court filing, claiming that Jocelyn Wade, the estranged wife of Nathan Wade, Willis’ alleged lover, was trying to “harass and embarrass” the Fulton County DA. Turley said that Willis and Nathan Wade were “undermining” their case. ... The damage is already done for Willis, and in many ways she’s really magnifying that damage with her moves,” Turley...

The Talk Shows January 28th, 2024 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.); Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.); Amos Hochstein, deputy assistant to the president and senior adviser for energy and investment; Shawn Fain, president of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and Janti Soeripto, president of Save the Children US. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.); Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.); Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Panel: USA Today White House...

We live in an environment of complete and utter lawlessness. When predators boldly roam the streets without fear but good people are literally afraid to leave their own homes, that is clearly a sign that our societal collapse has reached a very advanced stage. Even in the rare instances when they are actually caught and convicted, our system will still often allow violent criminals to go free. For example, a woman in California that was convicted of stabbing her boyfriend more than 100 times was given a sentence that didn’t include even a single day in prison… The family of...

WASHINGTON -- The main players driving U.S.-China relations have changed, with the U.S. Congress and the Chinese security services playing a more prominent role while the American business community -- traditionally a force for moderation -- loses influence, according to a former White House official. This reflects a new and important reality: The relationship is as much about domestic politics as it is about geopolitics, and perhaps more so, China policy expert Evan Medeiros told Nikkei Asia in an interview. Medeiros, a former National Security Council senior director for Asian affairs under then-President Barack Obama, wrote about the topic in...

The deputy prime minister of The Bahamas has praised 2023 as a 'banner year for tourism' after the US embassy advised Americans visiting the country to be cautious. Chester Cooper spoke at an event in Tallahassee, Florida organized by the Florida Federation of Alpha Chapters in which he promoted The Bahamas to the fraternity group. 'The year 2023 was a banner year in tourism that brought us an unprecedented 8 million plus in visitor arrivals,' he proudly stated on Thursday. It came just a day after the US Embassy in Nassau issued a security and advisory warning to tourists about...

Climate activists hurled soup on the Mona Lisa on Sunday morning at the Louvre museum in Paris

Nearly two in five children and adolescents in China are expected to be overweight or obese by 2030 if current trends continue, research has found. Experts called for urgent measures to counter the problem, including a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. The findings, published last month in The Lancet Regional Health and written by researchers at the School of Public Health of Peking University and United Nations Children's Fund, said the rapid increase in child and adolescent obesity in China was having a significant health and economic impact. Without intervention, China will face a lifetime economic impact of 218 trillion...

President Biden is in a pickle of his own making, and his efforts to deal with it are as idiotic and destructive as his open borders policy has been. Last month alone over 300,000 mostly military age men illegally crossed our border, with the Border Patrol tasked to easing their invasion and even making them sandwiches rather than detaining and deporting them. Texas governor Greg Abbott directed his National Guard to obstruct their passage by placing floats in the river at the border and installing barbed wire topped fences at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas. He also spread the...

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On Monday, January 22, 2024, Carroll County Deputies responded to a call for help. The caller who was at work in Greenwood reported that a knife wielding man was attempting to enter his home in the Gravel Hill area of Carroll County. He further stated that his wife and three children were inside the home hiding in a closet. The caller identified the suspect and gave a description of the vehicle. As deputies responded to the scene, they came upon a vehicle fitting that description. Deputies conducted a felony traffic stop in the parking lot of Acy’s Store, but the...

DRAMATIC MOMENT: Trump Stops Rally And Calls For Doctor When Rally-Goer Suffers Medical Emergency Forbes Breaking News @ForbesBreakingNews 2.74M subscribers Jan 28, 2024 2:55 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8qt9-s0fog At his rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, former President Trump had to stop his speech when an attendee suffered a medical emergency. *PLEASE NOTE VIDEO COMMENTS

Reserve officer: Every luxury villa in Gaza has UNRWA equipment * Many comments on the segment on Friday with the experiences of a reserve officer in Gaza. This morning, while reporting on UNRWA, here are a few more: Speaking of UNRWA, there is an amazing phenomenon in Gaza. You enter luxury homes. Luxury villas and apartments equipped with my equipment will not exist in 50 years, and yet you find use of UNRWA equipment in them. In the kitchen, bags of flour from UNRWA and in the children's room from the organization's school notebooks. It exists in every house in...

Bernie Moreno, a staunch Trump ally, is emerging as the leading candidate for the Republican nomination to face Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in what will be one of the most closely-watched Senate races this year. Moreno started off the primary with low name recognition and trailed his other GOP rivals in most early polls. But a coveted endorsement from the former president, as well as from other leading Republican figures, has elevated him over his chief rivals, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Matt Dolan. In a sign of his growing strength in the primary, Brown has...

Former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones (D) said that the new film “War Game” shows “how close” the U.S. came to losing democracy on Jan. 6, 2021. During his appearance on CNN Saturday, the former lawmaker was asked by anchor Jim Acosta to share his thoughts about the new movie which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this week. Jones, who was acting as the attorney general in the movie, said that the film is a reminder for the public about the possible outcomes of the attack on the Capitol. “I think that these kinds of films are very, very important...

Conservative talk show hosts, FEMA are fighting carmakers, tech industries in lobbying battle over drive-time radioA motley crew of AM radio advocates, including conservative talk show hosts like Hugh Hewitt and federal emergency officials, are lobbying Congress to stop carmakers from dropping the old medium from new vehicles. Tesla, Volvo, and BMW are among the companies that have already stopped providing AM tuners in some models. Last year Ford said it would join them—until CEO Jim Farley reversed course “after speaking with policy leaders.” [Snip] Sens. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and Ed Markey (D., Mass.) are leading the Senate effort,...

I almost feel sorry for the anti-Trump-but-more-anti-anti-Trump conservatives. I know—you had to read that sentence twice. I’ll explain. These are right-wingers who oppose Donald Trump—because of his efforts to overthrow the 2020 election, or his often-incoherent policies, or his utter lack of decency, or his destructive influence on the right, or all of the above—but who devote more energy to decrying liberals for overreacting to and for persecuting Trump. I’m not referring here to Never Trumpers like neocon Bill Kristol or the gang at the Lincoln Project—those onetime Republicans who have readily joined forces with Democrats and progressives to oppose...

how best to proceed to buy a small farm or farm land? i am looking in south central tennessee. i would prefer a south slope, with 4 season stream. no agent if i can help it (what are the dangers?) this would be a lazy farm, maybe a few chickens, ducks, hay, a dog or three. maybe i could park a trailer on the property until i could build a home.

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